OK...This Is Big...TVA Could Save Billions By Moving Away From Coal
Submitted by WhitesCreek on August 14, 2012 - 5:39pm.
In a new report released today, August 14, Synapse Energy Economics reveals that the Tennessee Valley Authority is risking wasting billions of dollars to keep aging, out-of-date coal plants online instead of pursuing lower cost options like energy efficiency.
Submitted by swanpondresident on August 15, 2012 - 8:31am.
This is an excellent article and as a person who lives in the roots of the TVA plant in Swan Pond, a transfer to cleaner energy would be a blessing.
To develop such new avenues of energy production, employment would increase substantially at the local level. The Coal industry is likely pushing barriers against any such advancement.
If a method for alternative job training for coal workers and provide an avenue for employment opportunities for coal workers, politicians and TVA might be more apt to consider such movement.
The Coal industry is a monster, I have been in their WAshington, DC offices and have personally met with many of the top executives. There is too much $$$ driving the coal industry. The Coal industry has the workers convinced they will starve without coal production. The solution is alternative and productive employment for coal workers. Maybe they could work for the forestry service (jesting, of course).
Culture is difficult to change yet can be changed with solutions to the most basic issues: job creation for those who work in the Coal mines
the problem is much deeper than this icing viewpoint yet the root of the problem is the funding the industry; the workers who feed their families, and the fat cats making the big bucks.
For me and others, we want clean air and efficient energy. Thank you for posting the article; very thought provoking.
This is an excellent article and as a person who lives in the roots of the TVA plant in Swan Pond, a transfer to cleaner energy would be a blessing.
To develop such new avenues of energy production, employment would increase substantially at the local level. The Coal industry is likely pushing barriers against any such advancement.
If a method for alternative job training for coal workers and provide an avenue for employment opportunities for coal workers, politicians and TVA might be more apt to consider such movement.
The Coal industry is a monster, I have been in their WAshington, DC offices and have personally met with many of the top executives. There is too much $$$ driving the coal industry. The Coal industry has the workers convinced they will starve without coal production. The solution is alternative and productive employment for coal workers. Maybe they could work for the forestry service (jesting, of course).
Culture is difficult to change yet can be changed with solutions to the most basic issues: job creation for those who work in the Coal mines
the problem is much deeper than this icing viewpoint yet the root of the problem is the funding the industry; the workers who feed their families, and the fat cats making the big bucks.
For me and others, we want clean air and efficient energy. Thank you for posting the article; very thought provoking.